Caphtor in Biblical History

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What is Caphtor?
CAPH'TOR
(chaplet), the original home of the Caphtorim or Philistines. Deut 2:23; Jer 47:4; Am 9:7. Some have placed it in Cappadocia, others in Cyprus or in Crete. It is more probably identical with Caphtur, and the northern delta of Egypt.

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